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Grubhub To Provide Delivery for Starbucks
Grubhub follows its Amazon announcement with another blockbuster.
If You are Seeing a Lot of Tech in Restaurants Now, Just Wait
Restaurants are about to get even more gadgety.
Speedy Eats Has an Unmanned Drive-Thru You Gotta See To Believe
Speedy Eats takes human beings right out of the equation. Now to see if it will work.
Taco John’s Launches Voice AI Ordering with Presto
Taco John’s plans to incorporate voice AI in its franchised locations in 2024, following the completion of the pilot phase.
Grubhub Teams with Joco to Open “Rest Stop” for NYC Delivery Workers
Grubhub and shared e-bike platform Joco have partnered to create space for food delivery workers in NYC to rest and recharge.
Domino’s Now Lets Delivery Customers Drop a Pin for Delivery
The new Pinpoint Delivery feature allows Domino’s Pizza customers to receive deliveries nearly anywhere, including parks, baseball fields and beaches.
Leveraging AI, RestoGPT Builds Restaurants Online Ordering Storefronts in a Flash
Powered by Orderbyte, RestoGPT can generate an online-ordering website for restaurants within two hours or less.
Amid “Strategic” Reshuffling, Olo Lays off 81 Employees
Leading restaurant tech company Olo is laying off 11 percent of its workforce as part of a “strategic reorganization” the company stated Wednesday.
Clover Unveils New Kitchen Display System
Clover released its new KDS that aims to provide a real-time look at tickets and key metrics for kitchen staff.
Grubhub Partners with Homewood Suites on Hotel Meal Delivery
Grubhub has begun offering direct-to-guest meal delivery in Homewood Suites by Hilton hotels.
Nextbite Sells Ordermark to Indian Software Company UrbanPiper
Amid recent layoffs and ahead the company’s acquisition, virtual brand platform Nextbite sells its technology arm to India-based UrbanPiper.
SBE Hospitality, C3 Founder Sam Nazarian Acquires Nextbite
FOD EXCLUSIVE: Sam Nazarian of sbe and C3 has acquired Nextbite, a virtual restaurant brand provider.
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Finance
Clover Parent, Fiserv, Buys BentoBox
Fiserv, a payment and financial services company that created the Clover POS, signed an agreement to acquire BentoBox.
Research
Why Bad Data Should be Counterpunched
A new study making the rounds shows DoorDash drivers making just $1.45 base hourly pay before tips and making the food-delivery economy at large look pretty dismal. And without real-world data, this is what makes the news. The report appeared on Salon, and a handful...
The Deliverers
Robotic Reindeer Delivering Meals for Uber Eats
Uber Eats is using robotic reindeer to deliver meals in a handful of markets across the country.
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Orders.co Aims to Streamline Restaurant Online Ordering with AI-Website Builder, more
The ordering management platform is leveraging large language models to automate time-consuming processes and reduce manual tasks with suite of new AI products.